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Sunday, 6 November 2016

What matters on this day

Kartik Shukla Paksha until 12:16 PM

New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change

Sunrise6:40 AM

Sunset5:28 PM

Nakshatra until 3:14 AM, Nov 07

Avoid 4:07 PM – 5:28 PM

Auspicious 11:43 AM – 12:26 PM

Skanda SashtiShashti Especially observed in Tamil Nadu and among Murugan devotees. The monthly observance of Kartikeya. The Kartika Skanda Shashti is the annual six-day form, concluding in the Soorasamharam. Why today, and how to observe it →

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Inauspicious periods

4:07 PM – 5:28 PM

12:04 PM – 1:25 PM

2:46 PM – 4:07 PM

1:09 PM – 2:35 PM, 4:02 PM – 5:28 PM

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Moon, and the five limbs

Moonrise11:58 AM

Moonset10:46 PM

Shula until 1:47 AM, Nov 07

Taitila

Ravivara

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